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TypeBlog Post... Primary cells recapitulate the natural biology of a cell type of interest better than immortalized lines...to a protein of interest thereby giving it the capacity to enter cells. One such CPP was discovered in...
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Clear and Accessible Writing
TypeBlog Post...densities are captured at the 17%, 25%, and 60% layers, and genome-containing virions are captured at the 40%... -
Addgene’s Viral Service - Why Virus? Why Now?
TypeBlog Post...sponsored the capital construction of our new BL2+ laboratory and the infrastructure capabilities to produce... -
Viral Vectors 101: Viral Applications
TypeBlog Post...the viral titer (the number of viral particles capable of infecting a host cell) can be tuned so that ...Viral vector platforms within the gene therapy landscape. Sig Transduct Target Ther 6, 53 (2021). DOI: ... -
Viral Vectors 101: Viruses as Biological Tools
TypeBlog Post...Expression Infects Non-Dividing Cells Large Packaging Capacity (>8kb) High Transduction Efficiency Transient...Mouse Cells and Hematopoietic Cells Low Packaging Capacity (~4.5kb From basic science to clinical applications... -
Cas13d: Small RNA-targeting CRISPR enzymes for transcriptome engineering
TypeBlog Post... 2.8 kb in size and are easy to package in low-capacity vectors! These small, but mighty type VI-D enzymes...Their small size makes then easy to package in low-capacity vectors like AAV, a popular vector due to its ... -
Expanding the Targeting Scope and Editing Efficiency of Adenine Base Editors
TypeBlog Post...been trying to expand their precision editing capabilities. Base editors make specific DNA base changes...development towards faster and more precise base editors capable of editing previously uneditable sequences. Four... -
Hot Plasmids December 2018 - C. elegans RNAi, TurboID, Detecting Viral Outbreaks, and Protein Binding Specificity Tools
TypeBlog Post... money, and viruses at low concentrations often escape detection. The Alexander Green lab found a solution...University of Toronto expanded the specificity landscape of the SH3 proteins using peptide-phage display... -
Advice for Starting a Biotech Company from a Grad Student turned Entrepreneur
TypeBlog Post...Flagship Ventures – a local Cambridge biotech venture capital firm with deep ties into the local academic community...Drug by Barry Werth Ten Tips for Raising Startup Capital in Biotech - Posted on Forbes.com, contributed... -
CRISPRainbow and Genome Visualization
TypeBlog Post...fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) and chromosome capture suffer from low resolution and can’t be used in...editing, but it retains its gRNA-directed targeting capacity. By using a gRNA to target fluorescently labeled... -
CRISPR 101: Cas9 vs. The Other Cas(s)
TypeBlog Post... therapeutic delivery by AAV, which has strict capacity limitations. New efforts have recently been made...Cas7 and Cas11 domains. Cas7-11 cuts ssRNA and is capable of pre-crRNA self-processing. Functionally, it ... -
Announcing the Winners of the 2021 Michael Davidson and Roger Tsien Commemorative Conference Awards
TypeBlog Post...enzyme hydropersulfide-propagating enzymes 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase (MPST) which catalyzes the... the desulfuration of 3-mercaptopyruvate and generates an enzyme-bound hydropersulfide that is then transferred... -
Fluorescent Protein Guide: Biosensors
TypeCollection...brightness, photostability, and multiplexing capabilities. bioRxiv. 2025 Jan 11:2024.12.16.628673. doi... -
Plasmids 101: The Wide World of Natural Plasmids
TypeBlog Post...). Bacteria need special fertility genes to be capable of conjugation, and these are encoded by certain...conserve energy, these specialized degradative capabilities are often tightly regulated to be active only... -
A New Generation of Adenine Base Editors Improves Editing in Primary Human Cells
TypeBlog Post...on the position in the protospacer, the editing capacity of the ABE8s ranged from 1.5x higher for positions...ABE8s demonstrate an overall improved base editing capacity, even at sites that used to be difficult to target... -
The Scientific Conference Poster Session: Tips for Success
TypeBlog Post...you’re simply attending, but uncertain how to capitalize on your experience. No matter the reason for ...bullet points and elaborate if your audience seems captivated. Expertly navigate questions Answering questions... -
Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy
TypeBlog Post...thin sheet to illuminate a fluorescent sample and captured the reflected light using a different objective...Ultramicroscope was developed using a stereomicroscope to capture large field-of-views (6). For more comprehensive... -
Plasmids 101: Choosing an Antibiotic Resistance Gene
TypeBlog Post...likely do! Give our summary table a look for a quick recap of the pros and cons of each antibiotic and happy...novel Escherichia coli protein expression strain capable of correctly folding disulfide bonded proteins ... -
CRISPR 101: RNA Editing with Cas13
TypeBlog Post...would permit point mutations in RNA which could recapitulate or rescue known pathogenic alleles, or introduce...REPAIRv1 to merely 20. Expanding RNA Editing Capabilities through RESCUE Two years later, the Zhang lab... -
The Effect of COVID-19 on Liu Lab Plasmid Requests From Addgene Data
TypeBlog Post...rough "COVID-19 effect" on order data, it does not capture the fact that different parts of the world encountered... each paper, respectively. The fitted model captures weekend, Christmas and New Years, and COVID-19... -
DNA Purification Without a Kit
TypeBlog Post...hydrophobic glass filter. Each glass filter can capture up to 150 ug of DNA, and filters can be stacked...stacked together in series to increase binding capacity. Figure 1: Purify DNA using glass filters. Image... -
Lentiviral Vector Uses and Overview
TypeBlog Post...Advantages of lentivirus include a large genetic capacity and the ability to transduce both dividing and...for applications that require the large genetic capacity of a lentiviral vector but for which transient... -
Harnessing TnpB for Genome Editing: A Compact and Versatile Tool for Your Research
TypeBlog Post...targeting of specific cell types, it has a limited capacity to carry large DNA cargos. As a result, the search...limitation of viral vectors is their restricted cargo capacity, which makes it difficult to accommodate the large... -
Twenty Years of Sharing: Addgene's Viral Vector Service
TypeBlog Post.... Since target specificity is determined by the capsid of the AAV, many of the vectors in Addgene’s catalog...including the retrograde AAVrg and the systemic capsid PHP.eB. Figure 4: A) Cumulative AAV preps... -
CRISPR-based Genome Editing Systems For Editing in E. coli
TypeBlog Post...integration of cargo without using screening markers. Capability to construct a strain library with different ... that same year. Her research is focused on the escape mechanism of genome editing in microorganisms which... -
Deciphering the Mysteries of Behavior with Viral Vectors
TypeBlog Post...areas associated) compared to an animal running to escape a threat. Locomotion can thus be used as a readout...behaviors are possible: active swimming in attempts to escape, or passive floating on the water surface. The ... -
What's Your Organism? Expanding Genomic Tools via the NSF EDGE Program
TypeBlog Post...hard to raise because they beat on each other in captivity. Sticklebacks demonstrate unusual parallel adaptation...(hard to do, expensive, not every lab has the capability) with receptor mediated endocytosis. They used... -
Healthcare Consulting: A Door to the Business of Life Sciences
TypeBlog Post...of drugs, and developing internal operational capabilities. In just two years as a healthcare consultant...equity research firms, biotech start-ups, venture capital firms, and more. Essentially any role in the broad... -
Harnessing Bacterial Toxins for Allelic Exchange
TypeBlog Post...variability, and in some cases, counter-selection escape can occur: single crossover colonies can acquire... the toxin itself (leading to counter-selection escape). The rhamnose induction system is well-characterized... -
Five Popular Model Organisms
TypeBlog Post...study diseases such as cancer since mice better recapitulate the complex interactions between cancer cells...studied in other model organisms that better recapitulate in vivo conditions similar to humans. For example... -
SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Detection Methods Based on CRISPR/Cas
TypeBlog Post...with streptavidin, the lateral flow strip first captures the streptavidin portion of the probe via biotin...probe that is cut will continue to flow and be captured by an antibody further along on the strip. Highlights... -
How to Negotiate a Successful Lab Start Up Budget
TypeBlog Post...major equipment can be defined as equipment with capital costs greater than $5,000 but this can depend on...like pipets, or mini-centrifuges, etc. Be sure to capture as many of these tools as possible, this even includes... -
Viral Vectors 101: AAV Variables That Matter
TypeBlog Post...refers to the different protein compositions of AAV capsids, which determine how a virus enters the cell. Different...Manfredsson, F. P. (2017). Rationally Engineered AAV Capsids Improve Transduction and Volumetric Spread in the... -
Technique: Probe Phage Genomes for Host Binding Proteins
TypeBlog Post...biotech industry, which is in the process of capitalizing on phage RBPs as diagnostic tools and therapeutics...between 1 and 3 kb results in optimal likelihood of capturing a whole RBP gene without causing issues associated... -
Weighing Reagents Protocol
TypeProtocol...Procedure The balance in the photo above has a capacity of 200 g, as indicated by the number above the...is best. Check that the balance has the correct capacity for the material that you are weighing by looking... you’re weighing out an amount larger than the capacity of your balance or weighing boat, you can weigh... -
Plasmids 101: Using Transposons in the Lab
TypeBlog Post...after cleavage by the transposase. It has a cargo capacity >100 kB, although integration efficiency decreases...without decreased efficiency, with a maximum cargo capacity of ~200 kB of DNA. Similar to piggyBac, Tol2 also... -
Hassle-free 96-well Format Epitope Tagging Using Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein
TypeBlog Post...pull-down assay, wherein a protein of interest can be captured along with its associated partners. Common pull-down...using antibodies against the target protein. The captured protein complexes are then analysed by mass spectrometry... -
CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs
TypeBlog Post... cassettes, making them advantageous for small capacity vectors like AAV. In addition to the mammalian...Yang. “Boosting CRISPR/Cas9 multiplex editing capability with the endogenous tRNA-processing system.” ... -
22 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2014
TypeBlog Post...against common tumor markers to enhance cancer cell capture. Fierer et al., PNAS 2014 Apr 1;111(13):E1176...associated with high levels of shRNA expression. The capability to turn RUSH and CRUSH alleles off or on enables... -
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TypeProtocol...Addgene's video content, including how-to screen captures, lab procedure protocols, and career advice videos...standard laboratory procedures. How-To Videos Screencapture walk-throughs to help guide you through Addgene's...